About Me

I completed 3 and a half years working in south Chad and have now moved to East Chad. While I was working in a hospital in the south, now I am teaching English to adults.

I was brought up in a Christian home and went to a Christian primary school, but did not become a Christian myself until I was 9 years old. Before that, I tried to be good and was unsuccessful most days. But on 24th December 1989, I was at an evening church service and the preacher talked about how we are never good enough for God and that’s why He has done everything for us, in Jesus’ death on the cross. That night I realised that no matter how I tried, I could never be good enough, so I prayed and asked God to take away my sin.

I have always had an interest in Africa. Over the years I have become more interested in learning about and praying for God’s work in Africa. At the age of 18, I went out with AIM (Africa Inland Mission) and home-schooled 2 missionary boys in Kenya. It was an eye-opening experience, and I learnt many things that have stuck with me. God provided for me in a miraculous way, so that I could go. I also discovered a love for language learning (whereas prior to that, I had tolerated language learning in school and never enjoyed it). I returned to Africa in 2005, for my medical school elective, in Uganda. It was there that I was challenged to consider for the first time a drastically different health context and health belief system.

I trained as a doctor in Aberdeen, Scotland. Since that I’ve been working as a doctor in Scotland, though have also completed tropical medical training in Liverpool, cross-cultural training in All Nation’s Christian College and French studies in Marseille, France. The 3 years after graduation were a long journey of preparation for coming to Africa, with God proving time and time again that His timing is best, as my plans were over-ruled, and the final outcome being better than I could have ever planned!

I am a people person and love feeding a house-full of people in my spare time. My hobbies also include playing Ultimate Frisbee, hill-walking, landscape photography and amateur Landrover mechanics.

My relationship with God influences everything that I do. I hope that other people around me will see the difference that God has made in my life and want that for themselves too.